Congregations: Local, Social, and Religious

The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Religion

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ammerman, Nancy T ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communal identification; Congregations; Global migration; Protestant; Religious activities; Religious collectivity; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066385614     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199588961.013.0032     Document Type: Chapter

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